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[betrayedblade]

[Giovanni turns on the device before setting it down on a raised surface before him and leans over it so that it shows just about only him in the picture and the open sky in what little background is available.]

Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

[He says this quietly as if musing more to himself than addressing the device and the people

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[livethecreed]

[Altaïr had automatically reached a hand out to mute the feed but stops when the man's words sink in. Could there be another Assassin here? And if so who?]

Safety and Peace, Brother. [The greeting feels a bit weird on his tongue after not using it for a few centuries, but it's one every Assassin is taught and the other man should know it.]

Somehow I don't think this place will end up improving or providing much in the way of amusement. Now if how we arrived is any indication. [Someone's still sore about waking up in a freezer naked.]

[betrayedblade]

[Giovanni hesitates. It was Altaïr but something seemed...off about the way he was acting. Giovanni chalked it up to the other still getting used to him and dismissed the nagging feeling as best he could.]

Safety and peace, Fratello. [He nods slightly.]

A most unpleasant experience, yes. I am sorry you had to wake up in that drawer.

[livethecreed]

[Wait, how did you know that? He hasn't told anyone where he's woken up. Hell, other than the people in the room with him when he arrived you're the first person he's spoken to. So have a suspicious Assassin giving you a bit of a glare.]

How did you know where I woke up?

[betrayedblade]

[Giovanni eyes him through the device for a moment, suspicions completely back in place.]

I was there. [Only it wasn't you, was it.]

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[berryclever]

What do you mean, everything is permitted?

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[betrayedblade]

Nothing is impossible, and everyone has their right to choose their own path.

It could mean a lot of things, really.

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[berryclever]

--Oh. [Whatever she'd been expecting to here, that wasn't it. Some of the tension in her frame dissolves]

It could mean a lot of things. Like how some people thing they can do whatever they want with other people's lives and just get away with it.

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[betrayedblade]

That is not my philosophy. [Indeed, it's quite the opposite. For him the Creed is to protect people from those that would take away that freedom he spoke of, not limit it.]

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[betrayedblade]

It can be interpreted many ways. Personally I am fond of believing that nothing is impossible and that some times the clear and obvious path is not always the one that should be taken. There are many truths out there to discover.

Just as you have 'interpreted' this place to mean something other than darkness and unkindness... Anything can be a blessing. I'm glad you found something to make you happy here. It's a good enough reason to be here whether scary or not, yes?

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[betrayedblade]

[Giovanni simply smiles.]

Sometimes it is a bit more complicated than that. [But enough of that.]

Grazie. It is nice to meet people such as yourself for I as well. [He has nothing left but this and places like it. For him, going home isn't actually an option unless he wants to finally rest.] Frankly, it is not so bad here. It's certainly better than where I was before.

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[wolfsprint]

[ Nothing is true, everything is permitted.

He knows the phrase, distantly understands the meaning of them in the sense that he'd been told to learn from it, to embrace it. He knows much about the people who speak it, finds himself studying the person on the feed in silence - his expression hidden by the shadow of a baggy hood. ]

Buona sera. [ It's a calm greeting - not malicious or confrontational. Simple but careful, as he continues. ] Assassino. [ He takes another few seconds to study the person he's looking at, notes that his features are... familiar, if only in a second hand way. A family relation to someone Il Lupo knew or knew of, perhaps. Anything was likely in this place, he supposed. ]

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[betrayedblade]

[Giovanni stares back with a calm gaze of his own, his expression leaning towards his demeanor more as an Assassin than that of how he acts as a noble--intense as the eagle of his family emblem but not bordering on threatening for the moment. He isn't here to start fights, and besides he is more intrigued to find out more before acting upon any given impulse.]

I see you are familiar with the phrase, amico. [It's a polite way to start a conversation but moreover he's being cautious of other people listening in.]

[wolfsprint]

[ Il Lupo finds some quiet appreciation in the calm demeanor he is met with. He straightens slightly, continues to regard the other man in silence as he speaks. ]

Molto. [ There's a shift of his hood as his head dips forward, offering a nod in further confirmation. Still, he continues, voice low, polite. ] Though, this is the first time I have heard it spoken. [ He'd read it many times, had learned it and the creed it pertained to as he'd been directed. Had heard it in pieces but never as a whole. ]

[betrayedblade]

[There is no threat here, not outwardly anyway, and Giovanni is confident there is some distance between them besides--

He relaxes minutely. Conversation is easy.]

It is possible it was once shared by many... your knowledge of it shows that to some degree, it has not been forgotten. If for widely differing reasons now...

[That is to say: he realizes what you are. But this is okay. For now.]

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[betrayer]

Unamusing is putting it mildly.

permanent video it is

[betrayedblade]

[Giovanni takes a second to gaze carefully over the other...man's appearance. He isn't altogether rude about it, just his eyes scanning slowly about, taking in the different features and assessing, or cataloging, them as if he's never seen them before. But his demeanor does not change and after the first moment he calmly goes on as if nothing is amiss.

Not much surprises him too much at this point.]

Well, I wouldn't want to be impolite and insult the creator of such a place. [Although from his tone it seems he really wouldn't care if he did or even had.] Though I could think of other terms to describe the place if you prefer a more accurate description.

[betrayer]

I don't care how you want to describe it, human, I'm merely agreeing.

There's no logic to this place. It's unsettling.

[betrayedblade]

[Well that was a bit harsh. He takes it in stride.]

Possibly the exact reaction whoever or whatever brought us here is looking for. Or it could be merely eerie coincidence. [Though he doubts that by this point in time from what some people have said about certain things so far.]